just when I think I am out, they pullllll me back in! - [Or how blackberry is making my linux life difficult!]

[Vince Fry]

Groupwise does indeed run on SUSE, the company I currently worked for  
has this configuration. We're currently running on SUSE Server 9, and  
we are planning on upgrading to Novell's OES next year, along with  
Groupwise 8.

We're also running a BES, as well as Groupwise Mobile (basically  
Nokia's Intellisync). Both of these HAS to run on Windows Server,  
which caused us no end of grief.

We are able to push calendar sync through both options, however, and  
we have users running Windows, Mac OS X and SLED.


Vince Fry
vince-J8gUg58EjS5Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org

And the Lord said unto John; Come forth and receive eternal life. But  
John came fifth and won a toaster...


On 22-Nov-07, at 12:51 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> ted leslie wrote:
>> My companies blackberry enterprise server, seems to be
>> putting a requirement on me that I install XP (or vista), and get  
>> Outlook Express
>> (and some SP level and stuff), to work with corporate calendars on  
>> the BES server.
>>
>> I so don't want to go there.
> You may have no choice. BES is a must-have for sites with multiple
> berries (ie, more than 20), and there are no direct alternatives
> (proprietary or open source) unless the staff switch phone brands.
>
> The requirement is not so much an OS as a particular mail/event  
> server.
> RIM supports Exchange, Novell Groupwise and Lotus/IBM Domino.
>
> If you squeeze hard you might be able to do this using Domino on
> Unix/Linux, or maybe (not sure if it exists) Groupwise on SuSE; but
> these are not really options unless the company is already into those
> systems. The path of least pain unfortunately takes most people  
> through
> MS Exchange.
>
> Convincing the client to do without BES is generally not an option.
> Sites with fewer than 20 can get by with their ISP's hosted BES but  
> that
> might get expensive. Some ISPs (I know Bell does this) may even  
> provide
> BES to multi-BB clients free of charge, which makes it even harder to
> resist.
>
> I have no idea if a SuSE/Groupwise option exists; even if it did, it
> would probably be no more reasonable (from the users POV) than forcing
> them to learn Notes.
>
> At the site I've done this at, the main mailserver is still a postfix/
> courier/ amavis/ clamav/ squirrel setup.
> The BES/Outlook server sucks down copies of mail (using IMAP) for  
> those
> people using berries.
>
> Your client chose this path when they gave their staff blackberries;
> resisting will cause you and them grief and you'll STILL end up having
> to make room for a Windows server.
>
> - Evan
>
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